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CS0-003 · Question #472

After an upgrade to a new EDR, a security analyst received reports that several endpoints were not communicating with the SaaS provider to receive critical threat signatures. To comply with the…

The correct answer is B. tnc. The command output shown indicates that the analyst used a TCP connection test to check if communication on port 443 (usually HTTPS) succeeded. tnc (Test-NetConnection in PowerShell): This command in PowerShell is specifically designed to test connectivity to a specified port…

Submitted by carlos_mx· Mar 6, 2026Security operations

Question

After an upgrade to a new EDR, a security analyst received reports that several endpoints were not communicating with the SaaS provider to receive critical threat signatures. To comply with the incident response playbook, the security analyst was required to validate connectivity to ensure communications. The security analyst ran a command that provided the following output:

ComputerName: comptia007 RemotePort: 443 InterfaceAlias: Ethernet 3 TcpTestSucceeded: False Which of the following did the analyst use to ensure connectivity?

Options

  • Anmap
  • Btnc
  • Cping
  • Dtracert

How the community answered

(48 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    73% (35)
  • C
    17% (8)
  • D
    6% (3)

Explanation

The command output shown indicates that the analyst used a TCP connection test to check if communication on port 443 (usually HTTPS) succeeded. tnc (Test-NetConnection in PowerShell): This command in PowerShell is specifically designed to test connectivity to a specified port and IP address. The output (TcpTestSucceeded: False) is characteristic of the tnc command.

Topics

#network connectivity#EDR troubleshooting#PowerShell#TNC

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